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  • plural of die.
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dice

[dahys] / daɪs /


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"We are rolling dice with immense risks," Clark said.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

He plans to pay the fine — roughly one game’s worth of pay — pass go and roll the dice again like nothing happened.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

Choosing to take Social Security at 62 versus 70 is a roll of the dice.

From MarketWatch Jul. 15, 2026

That, and the fact that many of the people making these movies and shows rolled 20-sided dice with their pals back in the day.

From Salon Jun. 24, 2026

Those pink dice were still on the rearview mirror, too.

From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy

The official urged the public not to consume meat from animals that die naturally or from unknown causes, while urging the public to report any such cases.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

Later, the two blended poignantly in the opera’s only duet, in which they grieve over their seemingly inevitable fate—they must die together.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

“So that was when it was kind of like do or die … and I advocated for myself, I mean, I was losing it.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

Such weather extremes may have caused queens to abandon their nests or die, reducing the initial spring queen bounty to a more modest population.

From Science Daily Sep. 11, 2026

We were all going to die, the three of us, here in the straw, warm and cozy, but without food.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

As an adult, you realize more and more how money slices and dices us into First Class and Priority, the not you’s and the not yets, the zip codes and carets.

From Salon Oct. 14, 2024

At Wellesley College, Dr. Angela Carpenter teaches the foundation of language creation, which she dices into roughly six blocks: phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, grammatical rules of verbs, and nouns and what they indicate.

From The Verge Feb. 7, 2020

As a Duke product working under Cutcliffe with connections to the Manning brothers, Jones often gets labeled as a cerebral signal-caller who dices defenses up mentally.

From Reuters Apr. 22, 2019

It slices, it dices, it makes julienne fries!

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 6, 2015

“Bueno, ¿Y qué me dices? What’s the news from the sixth-grader?”

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina

Myka’s fro-yo is served with toppings like extra-virgin olive oil, diced figs, Maldon salt and a hazelnut cream mixed with the crunch of kataifi, an ingredient made famous by Dubai chocolate.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

Crisp bacon, juicy diced tomatoes and ribbons of shaved green cabbage get folded in at the end, where they stay cool, crunchy and unmistakably BLT-adjacent.

From Salon Jul. 8, 2026

When Raspados Nayarit serves its tuba compuesta — vibrant pink, chilled and topped with diced apples and peanuts — it is a reminder of home for Colimenses.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 24, 2026

In addition to French green lentils, you’ll need a medium yellow onion, carrots, garlic, bay leaf, vegetable broth, diced cooked ham, olive oil, cracked black pepper, sea salt and za’atar.

From Salon Feb. 20, 2026

Jostling among mango and avocado vendors, he sells cups of diced fruit.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

The slicing and dicing of available tables can mean there are only so many seats at the most sought-after establishments, begetting a sense of scarcity at the highest levels.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

One minute you’re dicing daikon, the next you look up and it’s midnight.

From Salon May 23, 2025

In-between dicing up celery and stirring bubbling meals, which will be distributed to the local area, he's learning more about the charity and what they do.

From BBC Apr. 18, 2024

I am disappointed, once again, to experience the continual and consistent slicing and dicing of what was once a great daily publication.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2023

Tyrion found Timett dicing with his Burned Men in the barracks.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin




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